By Daily Mail Reporter. The newly-crowned Miss Teen USA has revealed how she was secretly photographed in her room after her webcam was hacked - in a cyber-crime case that sparked a federal probe. Cassidy Wolf, who took the crown on Saturday, said she was horrified to learn a stranger had hacked into her computer before trying to extort her on the promise the photos would not be leaked. The year-old from Temecula, California now travels the country to tell her story and warn other teenagers about cyber-crime. Winner: She hopes to use her year-long reign to raise awareness of cyber-crimes after her own experience. Speaking to Today. Around four months ago, she was notified that someone had tried to log into her Facebook account from a different state, Today. She then received an anonymous email from a stranger saying he had photographs of her in her room that were taken when her computer's webcam was hacked. She would not provide further details of the nature of the photographs, citing the ongoing federal investigation, but told Fox that they captured things you would do 'in the privacy of your own room'.


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By Associated Press Reporter. A year-old man was charged Thursday with hacking webcams at the home of Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf and other women to extort nude photos and videos from them, with authorities contending he forced several women to strip. She is identified only by her initials in the criminal complaint. Last month, Wolf told the website of NBC's "Today" show that earlier this year she received an anonymous email in which the sender claimed to have stolen images from the camera on her home computer. The sender of the email threatened to go public with images captured from Wolf's webcam unless she would provide nude pictures of herself, Eimiller said - a crime commonly known as 'sextortion. Instead, Wolf went to authorities, and an investigation was launched in March. A federal complaint filed on Sept. An FBI agent's affidavit, included in the complaint, contends that Abrahams used malicious software to remotely operate webcams to capture nude photos and videos of at least seven women as they changed clothes - some of whom he knew personally and others he found by hacking Facebook pages. The agent alleged that Abrahams, when interviewed, acknowledged controlling 30 to 40 hacked computers and extorting some women.
Wolf first noticed something was wrong when Facebook told her that someone from a different city had attempted to log into her Facebook. The case is now under investigation by the FBI. She told Fox News this week:. Wolf is also advocating that people change their passwords on a regular basis and to cover their webcams when not in use. In addition to her appearances on TV, Wolf has been touring around high schools to spread her message of online awareness. She says :.